MCAT vs. GPA: which?

Rman3008
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:42:50 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of these cases…and YES both of them happen. A lot of times it has to do with the major: lots of English majors get high GPAs and low MCAT scores(I still don’t understand why English majors operate on people, but I don’t make the laws) while science majors (who are good at science I’m assuming?) have a harder time getting a good GPA but get good MCAT scores.

Unfortunately, I would say that the GPA wins in the end. Especially if you are a non-science major or you go to a bad school, for some reason, admission officers don’t care that much. A 3.9 GPA and a 31 MCAT will ALWAYS ALWAYS beat a 39 MCAT 3.1 GPA…llook at mdapplicants.com and you will see.